Dorcus is a genus

Genus

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 of the family

Family

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 Lucanidae of stag beetle

Stag beetle

Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow up to over 12 cm , but most are about 5 cm .-Overview:...

s. Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia

Asia

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 and India

India

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; two are found in southern Europe

Europe

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, and three species are from North America

North America

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. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment where called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus. Serrognathus was recently reclassified and merged into the geuns Dorcus.

Selected species

• Dorcus akahorii
• Dorcus alcides
• Dorcus alexisi Muret & Drumont, 1999
• Dorcus amamianus
• Dorcus antaeus
• Dorcus arfakianus
• Dorcus arrowi
• Dorcus binodulosus
• Dorcus brevis
• Dorcus bucephalus
• Dorcus carinulatus
• Dorcus consentaneus
• Dorcus curvidens
  Dorcus curvidens
  Dorcus curvidens is a beetle of the family Lucanidae.It is also known as the Ookuwagata beetle in Japan....
  
  
• Dorcus cylindricus
• Dorcus davidis
• Dorcus elegantulus
• Dorcus emikoae
• Dorcus eurycephalus
• Dorcus formosanus
• Dorcus gracilicornis
• Dorcus grandis
• Dorcus hopei
• Dorcus hyperion
• Dorcus japonicus
• Dorcus kyanrauensis
• Dorcus metacostatus
• Dorcus miwai
  Dorcus miwai
  Dorcus miwai is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
  
  Benesh, 1936
• Dorcus montivagus
• Dorcus musimon Gené, 1836
• Dorcus nepalensis
• Dorcus parallelus
• Dorcus parallelipipedus
  Dorcus parallelipipedus
  Dorcus parallelipipedus, the lesser stag beetle, is a species of stag beetle found in Europe.Both sexes resemble the female stag beetle , though they are a uniformly blackish colour rather than having the chestnut brown wing covers of the larger species...
  
  – lesser stag beetle
• Dorcus parryi
• Dorcus parvulus
• Dorcus peyronis
• Dorcus prochazkai
• Dorcus ratiocinativus
• Dorcus rectus
• Dorcus reichei
• Dorcus ritsemae
• Dorcus rubrofemoralus
• Dorcus rudis
• Dorcus sawaii
• Dorcus schenklingi
• Dorcus sewertzowi
• Dorcus striatipennis
• Dorcus suturalis
• Dorcus taiwanicus
• Dorcus tanakai
• Dorcus taurus
• Dorcus tenuecostatus
• Dorcus tenuihirsutus
  Dorcus tenuihirsutus
  Dorcus tenuihirsutus is a beetle species of the family Lucanidae described from Korea in 2010 by Sang Il Kim and Jin-Ill Kim.- References :; 2010: Review of family Lucanidae in Korea with the description of one new species. Entomological research, 40: 55–81. ISSN: 1738-2297...
  
  Kim & Kim, 2010
• Dorcus thoracicus
• Dorcus titanus
  Dorcus titanus
  Dorcus titanus, also known as the giant stag beetle, is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.- List of subspecies :* Dorcus titanus castanicolor* Dorcus titanus daitoensis* Dorcus titanus elegans* Dorcus titanus hachijoensis...
  
  
• Dorcus tormosanus
• Dorcus ursulus
• Dorcus vavrai
• Dorcus velutinus
• Dorcus vicinus
• Dorcus yamadai

External links

• Bug Guide
• Live stag beetles and dried stag beetles large galleries.